Satellite imagery tracks logging of B.C. old-growth forests
Forest Eye also uses government data and time-lapse video to identify incursions into old growth
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Forest Eye also uses government data and time-lapse video to identify incursions into old growth
A new surveillance system has been launched to demonstrate old growth logging in BC. Stand.Earth Research Grou...
The public online mapping system and database, employs satellite imagery, remote sensing technology, and government data to detect and alert users to logging and road-building in the most at-risk old- growth forests in the province, said project lead Angeline Robertson, a senior investigative researcher with Stand.earth.
Satellite tracking map found 2,600 ha of that forest — almost all big ancient trees — were slated for deferral by province in 2020 but were logged anyways.
The artwork, featuring 5,000 beech, maple and alder trees, is being planted in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire.